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Abhinav Malasi, Ph.D., MBA
Based in Luxembourg and will be relocating to Belgium in May 2021.
I am a positive thinker, a creative problem solver with an analytical mindset having 8+ years of experience in data analytics, resource management, and training people. Currently transitioning career from academia to business by completing MBA. During my internships, I gained experience in process improvement, prioritizing in fast paced environment, and stakeholder management. I am currently seeking opportunity to utilize my existing skills in a new role where I can develop and deliver value.
Professional Experience
Contributing writer, Freelance
Towards Data Science, Medium Publication
Remote
02/2021
- Creating content on data visualization, data analytics, and machine learning.
- Creating efficient workflows in R.
- Providing code snippets for fast implementations.
Business Analyst, Intern
Goodyear
Dudelange, Luxembourg
02/2020 - 06/2020
- Identified 44 processes for digitalization, resulted in 3 implementations and 2 pilots.
- Developed, implemented, and trained 2-level password protected quality checklist in Excel-VBA with 5x efficiency.
Business Deployment, Intern
ArcelorMittal
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
02/2019 - 01/2020
- REACH database created for 500+ raw materials supplied by 200+ suppliers.
- Developed the REACH compliance check pipeline and an operational manual for the business.
- Trained the back office, contract management, and buying teams on using the REACH operational manual.
Research Experience
R Projects
Self-learning
Luxembourg
2020 - Present
- Develop sales and marketing strategy for Online retail store data of a UK company (data source: UCI data repository).
- Automate the bank loan approval process (data source: Kaggle).
- Coded Neural Network from scratch to create digit recognizer on MNIST dataset.
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Tennessee Knoxville
Knoxville, USA
2010 - 2015
- Good organization skills got 11 projects completed, with 16 deliverables (reports and presentations).
- Developed and improved forecasting model in MATLAB to capture material’s optical properties with >85% accuracy.
- Advanced analytical skills with attention to details helped secure $ 300k in ARO funds for Ferroplasmon research.
Research Assistant
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Kanpur, India
2008 - 2010
- Fabricated and calibrated an adhesion testing device for an industrial project.
- Investigated the underwater adhesion properties of various viscoelastic polymer.
Graduate Assistant
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Kanpur, India
2007 - 2008
- Simulated and optimized the industrial production of Nylon 66 using genetic algorithm by implementing in FORTRAN.
- Increased the yield of Nylon 66 by 5% on implementing rotary kiln reactors.
Teaching Experience
Introduction to R Language for Beginners
Teaching basic of R for data analytics as a freelancer
Remote
2021
Principles of Materials Lab.
Laboratory assistant of MSE 304 course at UTK
Knoxville, USA
2014 - 2015
Process Design and Economic Analysis
Teaching assistant of CBE 490 course at UTK
Knoxville, USA
2012
Chemical and Bioengineering Reactor Fundamentals
Teaching assistant of CBE 450 course at UTK
Knoxville, USA
2011
Education
Sacred Heart University, Luxembourg
MBA in Strategic management and Finance
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
2018 - 2020
Capstone: Develop business plan to market IoT trackers, CHAMP Cargosystems Luxembourg
University of Tenessee at Knoxville, USA
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering
Knoxville, USA
2010 - 2015
Thesis: Symbiotic plasmonic nanomaterials: Synthesis and properties
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
Dual degree in Chemical Engineering
Kanpur, India
2003 - 2008
Thesis: Simulation and optimization of the solid state polymerization of Nylon’s in a rotary kiln
Certifications
Dimensionality Reduction in R
DataCamp
N/A
2020
Feature Engineering in R
DataCamp
N/A
2020
Tableau 10 & 2019 for business intelligence
Udemy
N/A
2020
Machine learning
Stanford University @ Coursera
N/A
2020
SQL Fundamentals Track
DataCamp
N/A
2019
Intermediate R
DataCamp
N/A
2018
Data Manipulation in R with dplyr
DataCamp
N/A
2018